BS_(0.5)BNT-based relaxor ferroelectric ceramic/glass-ceramic composites for energy storage

Relaxor ferroelectric ceramics have very high dielectric constant(e)but relatively low electrical breakdown strength(Eb),while glass-ceramics exhibit higher E,due to the more uniformly dispersed amorphous phases and submicrocrystals/nanocrystals inside.How to effectively combine the advantages of both relaxor ferroelectric ceramics and glass-ceramics is of great significance for the development of new dielectric materials with high energy storage performance.In this work,we firstly prepared BaO-SrO-Bi_(2)O_(3)-Na_(2)0-TiO_(2)-Al_(2)O_(3)-SiO_(2)(abbreviated as GS)glass powders,and then fabricated(Ba_(0.3)Sr_(0.7))_(0.5)(Bi_(0.5)Na_(0.5))_(0.5)TiO_(3)+x wt%GS ceramic composites(abbreviated as BSo.sBNT-xGS,x=0,2,6,10,14,16,and 18).Submicrocrystals/nanocrystals with a similar composition to BSo.sBNT were crystalized from the glass,ensuring the formation of uniform core-shell structure in BSo.sBNT-xGS relaxor ferroelectric ceramic/glass-ceramic composites.When the addition amount of GS was 14 wt%,the composite possessed both high&r(>3200 at 1 kHz)and high E,(~170 kV/cm)at room temperature,and their recoverable energy storage density and efficiency were Wrec=2.1 J/cm’and n=65.2%,respectively.The BSo.sBNT-14GS composite also had several attractive properties such as good temperature,frequency,cycle stability,and fast charge-discharge speed.This work provides insights into the relaxor ceramic/glass-ceramic composites for pulsed power capacitors and sheds light on the utilization of the hybrid systems.